#53A7DD#53A7DD

#53A7DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53A7DD
RGB	rgb(83, 167, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, -9.28, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 36.11, 255.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0578 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.114 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4322, 34.6939, 73.4854)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53A7DD #DD8953

analogous

#53DDCE #53A7DD #5362DD

triadic

#53A7DD #DD53A7 #A7DD53

tetradic

#53A7DD #CE53DD #DD8953 #62DD53

square

#53A7DD #CE53DD #DD8953 #62DD53

split-complementary

#53A7DD #DD5362 #DDCE53

monochromatic

#1E6898 #288BCB #53A7DD #86C1E7 #B9DBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#53A7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#53A7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53A7DD

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53A7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53A7DD	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B99DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53a7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 167, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c1e7',
    500: '#53a7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53a7dd;
$custom-light: #90c1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53a7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69837,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53A7DD

secondary

#E1C0AB

accent

#813EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #53A7DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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